Clute's Interpretation of Severian Becoming the Autarch

Tim Walters · 12 Jul 2007, 06:09 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: walters at doubtfulpalace.com (Tim Walters)
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:09:38 -0700
Subject: (urth) Clute's Interpretation of Severian Becoming the Autarch
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

> Clute does say that Sev
> is concealing (something important about) how he came to be
> the Autarch,

Specifically, that the Autarch was Catherine, his mother. See the last 
essay in _Strokes_.

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